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No. 341,965. y Patented May 18, 1886.

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y w/M/ -NITED Starts Parenti. @einen JAMES F. THAYER, PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND.

BUTTON-FASTENER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.341,965, dated May 18I 1886.

Application tiled March 10, i886. Serial No. 194,678.

To all whom, it may concern/f Be it known that I, JAMES F. THAYER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State i of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Buttons and Fasteners; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertai ns to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this speeication.

This invention relates to a new construction of a combined button andfastener; and it eon sists,essentiall y, of afastening device comprisingan intermediate neck portion rigidly secured to a head made from leatheror other suitable substanceand a conneeti ng-base provided with prongsbent at right angles thereto, all formed from a continuous strip ofwire, one of the prongs being made from the doubled inner portion of thewire, the doubled part of said prong being swaged to form apenetratingend, j the remaining prongs being formed from the L outer or free endsof said Wire, all substantially as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Figure l is a perspective view of my inn` proved button and fastener;Fig. 2, a perspec tive view of a modified form ofthe same.

In carryingl out my invention the fastening device A is made from acontinuons strip oi" wire doubled at the center of its length, the inneror doubled portion of the wire forming the prong 3, swaged at the end toform a penetrat-ing point, 5. The doubled wire is then bent at or nearthe center ot' its length into the form of a staple, forming theintermediate neck portion,4, which is composed of fon r sections of wirelying close together. The projecting ends are then bent outward at rightangles to the neck portion 4:, to form a connectingbase, 6, and againbent downward at right angles to the connecting-base 6, forming theprongs 2 2 and`3, the prongs 2 2 lying (No model.)

l side by side, the` prong 3 being connected at l the end, as previouslydescribedn The intert mediate -neck portion,4, is rigidly secured to thehead l, said head being made t'romleather, j pulp. or other suitablesubstance, pressed or molded into the 'required form, thus forming thecomplete device, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

In place or" forming the connecting-base 6 on each side of the neckportion 4, as previously described, I may form the fastener A with thedoubled prong Sprojecting straight downward from the neck portion,omitting the connecting-base from that prong, as shown in Fig. 2, theprongs 2 2 in this instance standing a distance apart, instead of sideby side. as in Fig. l. My improved button and fastener is secured to ashoe or other article by passing the prongs through the material andclinching them on the under surface, the connecting-base resting on theupper surface and serving to retain the button in proper position on thematerial when in use.

I claiml. A combined button and fastener comprising a head portion madeof leather, pulp, or othersuitable substance, and a fastener rig idlysecured to said head portion, consisting of an intermediate neck and aconnected base 3 provided with fastening-prongs, one of said l prongsbeing made from doubled wire and the i remaining p rongs being formedfrom single ,t wire, substantially as herein set forth.

i, 2. A button and fastener comprising the head l, having intermediateneck portion, 4, and the conneetingbase 6, provided with the singleprongs 2 2 and double prong 3, subi sta-ntially as and for the purposespecified.

l ln testimony whereof I affix my signature l in the presence of twowitnesses.

, JAMES F. THAYER.

ifitiiesses: F. A. SMITH, J r.,

l CnARLEs GREENE.

